[04/02/2017]Scientists in Australia have now managed to create graphene in normal air conditions, using cheap soybean cooking oil.

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[23/01/2017]US and Russian scientists have discovered a new way to remove radioactivity from water, which could be used to treat contaminated water at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant.

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[23/01/2017]Scientists have discovered a way to trigger the superconducting properties of graphene without actually altering its chemical structure.

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[21/01/2017]The team made the fabric out of a combination of collagen and elastin – both important proteins in biological tissue. But there was a problem.

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[19/01/2017]The team is now carrying out further studies exploring how water influences the behavior of human hair.

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[18/01/2017]A new type of adhesive that combines the bonding chemistry of shellfish with a bio-based polymer has been shown to perform as well as commercially available products and can be easily degraded, representing a potential non-toxic alternative.

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[18/01/2017]In a new study, researchers at the University of California San Diego investigate why hair is incredibly strong and resistant to breaking.

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